Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 62.1

The responsibilities relating to protection of
* personal information, relating to a person to whom the approved provider
provides * aged care, are as follows:

(a) the personal information must not be used other than:

(i) for a purpose connected with the provision of aged care to the
person by the approved provider; or

(ii) for a purpose for which the personal information was given by or on
behalf of the person to the approved provider;

(b) except with the written consent of the person, the personal
information must not be disclosed to any other person other than:

(i) for a purpose connected with the provision of aged care to the
person by the approved provider; or

(ii) for a purpose connected with the provision of aged care to the
person by another approved provider, so far as the disclosure relates to the
person's
* refundable deposit balance or
* accommodation bond balance or the period for which retention amounts may be
deducted under section 57-20 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions)
Act 1997 or to the person's remaining liability (if any) to pay an
* accommodation payment, * accommodation contribution or * accommodation
charge; or

(iia) for a purpose connected with the provision of aged care to the
person by another approved provider, so far as the disclosure relates to an
appraisal or reappraisal connected with a classification that is in force for
a care recipient to whom subsection 27-4(5) applies (
* entry into another aged care service within 28 days); or

(iii) for a purpose for which the personal information was given by or
on behalf of the person; or